Coroner’s officials have released the name of an 18-month-old El Monte girl killed over the weekend when a pickup truck slammed into a bus stop she was sitting on with her grandmother and 12-year-old uncle.

Hade Sandoval died at a hospital following Saturday’s 2 p.m. crash at Valley Boulevard and Mountain View Road, coroner’s officials said Wednesday.

Her grandmother, 36, suffered critical injuries in the crash, and her uncle was hospitalized in stable condition, El Monte police said.

The three family members were sitting on a bus bench when a 59-year-old El Monte man tried to park his pickup truck behind them in the parking lot of a pharmacy, investigators said.

For reasons that remain under investigation, the pickup truck lurched forward, hopping over a curb and dirt embankment before striking the bus bench and coming to rest against a telephone pole, police said.

PASADENA

Man wounded in Tuesday night shooting

Pasadena police searched three apartment complexes for a suspect who shot and wounded a man Tuesday night.

The shooting was reported at 7:20 p.m. in the 1700 block of Fair Oaks Avenue.

A man in his 30s was sitting in a car or was next to a parked car when another man walked up to him and fired two to three rounds, according to Lt. Pete Hettema. After the shooting, Hettema said the victim ran northbound trying to get away while the suspect fled southbound.

The wounded man was taken to a hospital. Police said his wounds weren’t life-threatening.

The suspect was only described as a thin black man in his 20s.

EL MONTE

Man jailed on drug, gun allegations after chase

Deputies arrested a Covina man Wednesday after he brandished gun, threw a bag of drugs into a drainage ditch and led deputies on a chase from El Monte to San Dimas, authorities said.

The incident began about 10:40 a.m. when a gang enforcement deputy spotted Lopez brandish a handgun in the area of Maxson and Ferris roads in El Monte, the lieutenant said. The deputy tried to stop Lopez, initiating a chase, Godfrey said.

Both a deputy and witnesses spotted Lopez throw something from his car into a ditch at the outset of the pursuit, officials said. When deputies retrieved the item, they discovered it was about an ounce and a half of what appeared to be methamphetamine.

The chase continued east on the 10 Freeway until Lopez ultimately pulled over and surrendered about 15 minutes later after exiting the freeway at Holt Avenue in San Dimas, Godfrey said.